Claims
- 1. A child resistant closure, comprising:
a top wall; a skirt depending from the top wall; a set of locking teeth disposed on an inner surface of the skirt, the locking teeth being arranged circumferentially around a portion of the inner surface and the locking teeth in the set being axially offset from one another.
- 2. The child resistant closure according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of locking teeth are arranged in a substantially helical pattern around the portion of the inner surface.
- 3. The child resistant closure according to claim 1, wherein the skirt includes a thinned-out region, at least one of the locking teeth being disposed on the thinned-out region.
- 4. The child resistant closure according to claim 3, wherein the locking teeth are arranged in a substantially helical pattern around the portion of the inner surface.
- 5. A child resistant closure, comprising:
a top wall; an inner skirt depending from the top wall, the inner skirt including an internal thread; an outer skirt depending from the top wall, the outer skirt including an inner surface; and a set of locking teeth disposed on a the inner surface of the outer skirt, the locking teeth in the set being arranged circumferentially around a first portion of the inner surface, and the locking teeth in the set being axially offset from one another.
- 6. The child resistant closure according to claim 5, wherein the locking teeth are arranged in a substantially helical pattern around the inner surface.
- 7. The child resistant closure according to claim 5, wherein the skirt includes a thinned-out region, at least one of the locking teeth being disposed on the thinned-out region.
- 8. The child resistant closure according to claim 5, further comprising a second set of locking teeth being arranged circumferentially around a second portion of the inner surface, and locking teeth in the second set being axially offset from one another.
- 9. The child resistant closure according to claim 8, wherein the first set of locking teeth are arranged in a first substantially helical pattern around the first portion of the inner surface, and the second set of locking teeth are arranged in a second substantially helical pattern around the second portion of the inner surface.
- 10. The child resistant closure according to claim 8, wherein the skirt includes a first thinned-out region, at least one of the first set of locking teeth being disposed on the first thinned-out region, and the skirt includes a second thinned-out region, at least one of the second set of locking teeth being disposed oh the second thinned out region.
- 11. A child resistant closure and container, comprising:
a container including a neck having a container engagement mechanism, the container including at least one container lug; and a closure, including:
a top wall; an inner skirt depending from the top wall, the inner skirt including a closure engagement mechanism, the closure engagement mechanism cooperating with the container mechanism; an outer skirt depending from the top wall, the outer skirt including an inner surface; and a set of locking teeth disposed on the inner surface of the outer skirt, the set of locking teeth being arranged circumferentially around a portion of the inner surface, and the locking teeth in the set being axially offset from one another wherein when the closure in a closed position one of the locking teeth engages the container lug.
- 12. The closure and container according to claim 11, wherein removal of the closure requires deformation of the outer skirt and rotation of the closure, so that each of the locking teeth in the set clears the container lug.
- 13. The closure and container according to claim 11, wherein the outer skirt includes a thinned-out region, at least one of the locking teeth being disposed on the thinned-out region.
- 14. The closure and container according to claim 11, wherein the set of locking teeth are arranged in a substantially helical pattern around the portion of the inner surface.
- 15. The closure and container according to claim 11, wherein the inner skirt is substantially annular and the outer skirt is substantially frusto-conical.
- 16. The closure and container according to claim 11,
wherein the container further comprises two container lugs; wherein the closure further comprises a second set of locking teeth arranged circumferentially around a second portion of the inner surface, the locking teeth in the second set being axially offset from one another; and wherein when the closure in a closed position a locking tooth in the first set engages one container lug, and a locking tooth in the second set engages the second container lug.
- 17. The closure and container according to claim 16, wherein removal of the closure requires deformation of the outer skirt and rotation of the closure, so that each of the first set of locking teeth clears the first container lug and each of the second set of locking teeth clears the second container lug.
- 18. The closure and container according to claim 16, wherein the first set of locking teeth are arranged in a first substantially helical pattern around the first portion of the inner surface, and the second set of locking teeth are arranged in a second substantially helical pattern around the second portion of the inner surface.
- 19. The closure and container according to claim 16, wherein the outer skirt includes a first thinned-out region, at least one of the first set of locking teeth being disposed on the first thinned-out region, and the outer skirt includes a second thinned-out region, at least one of the second set of locking teeth being disposed on the second thinned out region.
- 20. The closure and container according to claim 16, wherein the inner skirt is substantially annular and the outer skirt is substantially frusto-conical.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/168,018, filed Nov. 30, 1999.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60168018 |
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